Question

Which of the following is a true statement about themes?
Question 1 options:

Themes are always explicitly stated in a piece of literature.

Themes need to be stated by the protagonist as a life lesson.

Themes are universal ideas found in literary works.

Themes are the same as central ideas and found in informational texts.

Answer 1

I respectfully disagree. Usually the theme is not stated outright (for example, in Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury doesn't just go out and say "censorship is bad", he creates a story where the message is implied by showing how burning books (a form of censorship) has a detrimental effect on the intellectual well-being of the characters.

That being said, a character in the book usually doesn't go out and explicitly say the theme, either.

so between C and D, which one do you think is a better description of what a theme really is?

@hallm

Answer 2

c